The NB3 Foundation Healthy Kids! Healthy Futures! Conference is back!
For the first time since 2019, we will be welcoming communities near and far to join us for our annual conference. The conference has always been a favorite of ours and we look forward to the opportunity to once again provide this learning and networking experience to communities and organizations across the country.
The theme of this year’s conference is, “Back to the Future”. Many of our schools, organizations and communities have been focused on emergency response these past few years and we wanted to provide a space for everyone to come together to reflect, refocus and learn new ideas that’ll help drive long-term change for the futures of Native children’s health!
The conference will be in-person and will boast a wide variety of interactive learning sessions, networking spaces and of course some movement!
We are excited to announce conference keynote speaker will be Jeremy Fields, Founder of Thrive Unltd.
We will also be hosting Tommy Ghost Dog from Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Jon Greendeer and the Ho-Chunk Nation Health and Wellness Department, Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment Program, Healthy Native Communities Partnerships Inc and many more!
This year’s conference will also has new pricing tiers based on organizational budget size, and the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend.
Stay tuned for information on the pre-conference training we will be offering!
Register at: https://www.nb3foundation.org/hkhf-conference/
Questions? Contact Sacha Smith, at sacha@nb3f.org
On June 24, Native Healthy Initiative’s Running Medicine, NB3 Foundation, Dukes Running Club and Race NM kicked off the Friday Twilight Series! In June and July, we are asking community families to join us for some fun and movement! Everyone in the family is welcome to come join in.
The series is focused on promoting community and family movement all across Albuquerque. Each week we will meet at a different trail and walk, run, stroll together. This is not a race! So please don’t be discouraged to join.
No fees! Just a $5 suggested donation.
Raffle prizes at every gathering
NB3 Foundation’s official host gathering is July 15 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center!
NB3 Foundation staff, youth and families were center stage at the New Mexico United match on Saturday, June 26. The NB3FIT Track team and summer camp youth got to run in the game flag and to start the evening. But it didn’t end there. NB3 Foundation was also the featured nonprofit of the PNM PowerKick! The PNM PowerKick initiative was a way PNM could help generate excitement and support for local nonprofits.
Strong nonprofits are key to a thriving New Mexico and while delivering power is at the core of PNM, investing in our community is a critical piece of the company’s values.
Peter Trevisani, President, CEO and majority owner of New Mexico United, said New Mexico United is fueled by a passion for community, and the PNM PowerKick is another opportunity to bring New Mexicans together for a unique halftime challenge that benefits local nonprofits in need of the support PNM is graciously providing.
At halftime of the New Mexico United home game, Quinton Begay was the selected to be our PowerKicker! Begay, is an avid soccer player and participates in varies NB3FIT youth programs. As the selected kicker Begay was given the opportunity to kick three balls to try and score. Each ball made, equals a donation to the nonprofit! The first kick is from the 6-yard line and if made, the nonprofit receives a $500 donation from PNM, the second kick is from the penalty spot location and if made, earns a $750 donation, and with the final kick being made from the 18-yard box, earns a $1,250 donation. So if all three kicks are made, the nonprofit receives a total $2,500 donation from PNM.
With the crowd cheering him on, Begay made the first, then the second and of course he nailed the their and final kick! The crowd erupted when Begay made his final kick securing the $2,500 donation for the foundation!
What a memorable experience for our youth and families. We are so thankful to PNM for selecting us for the PowerKick and for New Mexico United for providing the platform and for their continued work to support New Mexico youth and families!
The NB3FIT track season is coming to an end. All of our runners were fantastic all year long. This was a developmental year for the NB3FIT Track Club. For three months, the youth showed up to practice, events, and meets and grew as a team. Every day of practice, the team included 60 jumping jacks and 5 push-ups in their warm up as a reminder that we need to drink at least 60 oz of water and eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every single day. June 11-12 the NB3FIT Track team competed in their last regular season meet. Of the 16 team memebers, 10 competed in the USATF New Mexico Assosiation Olympic Championships at Rio Rancho High school. Three team members, Desinayah Pacheco (age 11), Gionni Quiver (age 11), and Mosiah Silentwalker (age 15) qualified to continue on to compete at the USATF Region 10 Junior Olympic Championships in El Paso, Texas July 7-10.
Special thanks and gratitude to Menaul School for providing us the space to practice for the season!
State meet results:
100 M Dash
| 5. | 8U Finals | Omree Thurmond | 19.90a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 13. | 8U | Amirah Zuni | 23.33a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 15. | 11-12 | Sophia Burshia-Nara… | 17.06a | NB3F XC Club |
| 13. | 13-14 | Nia Douma | 17.11a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 11. | 15-16 | Mosiah Silentwalker | 18.33a | NB3F XC Club |
200 M Dash
| 7. | 8U Finals | Dana Cajero | 42.05a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 10. | 8U | Omree Thurmond | 48.65a | NB3F XC Club |
| 13. | 8U | Amirah Zuni | 55.75a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 6. | 11-12 Finals | Sophia Burshia-Nara… | 34.49a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 14. | 13 | Nia Douma | 38.47a | NB3F XC Club |
| 11. | 15 | Mosiah Silentwalker | 39.87a PR | NB3F XC Club |
400 M Dash
| 8. | 8U | Omree Thurmond | 1:50.85a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 2. | 11-12 FInals | Gionni Quiver | 1:10.43a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 8. | 11-12 Finals | Desinayah Pacheco | 1:17.03a | NB3F XC Club |
| 9. | 11-12 | Lilliana Tsethlikai | 1:18.77a PR | NB3F XC Club |
800 M Run
| 6. | 8U Finals | Dana Cajero | 3:45.55a | NB3F XC Club |
| 5. | 11-12 Finals | Quinton Begay | 2:55.46a | NB3F XC Club |
| 3. | 11-12 Finals | Gionni Quiver | 2:54.33a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 7. | 11-12 Finals | Desinayah Pacheco | 3:02.01a PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 10. | 11-12 Finals | Lilliana Tsethlikai | 3:21.27a | NB3F XC Club |
1500 M Run
| 7. | 11-12 Finals | Quinton Begay | 6:02.64a | NB3F XC Club |
| 4. | 11-12 Finals | Desinayah Pacheco | 5:59.70a PR | NB3F XC Club | Q | |
| 5. | 11-12 Finals | Lilliana Tsethlikai | 6:40.26a | NB3F XC Club |
Long Jump
| 10. | 11-12 | Quinton Begay | 2.84m | NB3F XC Club |
| 4. | 15-16 Finals | Mosiah Silentwalker | 3.15m PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 7. | 8U | Dana Cajero | 2.26m PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 10. | 8U | Amirah Zuni | 1.56m | NB3F XC Club |
| 5. | 11-12 | Gionni Quiver | 3.51m PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 10. | 12 | Sophia Burshia-Nara… | 2.67m PR | NB3F XC Club |
| 9. | 13 | Nia Douma | 3.00m | NB3F XC Club |
Water First! water trailer has made its comeback.
We’re excited to have our trailer out and about in the community again. Over the last month, we have been to the Gathering of Nations, NB3FIT Family Day and at the Celebrating Indigenous Youth: The Intelligence of Art and Play meeting with youth and families and spreading the message of choosing “Water First!”. The water trailer was created as a tool for the NB3 Foundation staff to take our Water First! Campaign on the road and into communities. Through the water trailer we share with families ways to make water more flavorful through adding fruits and vegetables. The campaign is all centered around encouraging healthy beverage consumption and choosing water over sugary beverages.
We’re looking forward to getting out at more events this summer!
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- The water trailer got busy with many curious youth and family wanting to learn more and get a taste of the different waters.
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- Renee Goldtooth-Halwood, Director of Evaluation and Research, at Gathering of Nations handing out fruit-infused waters to youth and families.
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- Youth and families wait in line for a taste of infused water at the Celebrating Indigenous Youth: The Intelligence of Art and Play event.
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- Youth wait in line for a taste of infused water at the Celebrating Indigenous Youth: The Intelligence of Art and Play event.
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- Autumn Quiver, NB3FIT Program Coordinator, serves up water to youth and families at the NB3FIT Day of Play earlier this month.
Finishing off the school year, members of the NB3FIT Golf Team competed at the New Mexico high school state golf tournament at Santa Ana Golf Club, Twin Warriors Golf Club and Four Hills Golf Club, helping their respective schools
Laden Lovato (14th overall) and Gabriel KnowsHisGun (29th overall) helped the 5A Cibola High School boys team finish second overall in their class.
Girls:
Alyssandra Rodriguez finished 7th overall representing 5A West Mesa High School.
Maddison Long finished 24th in 5A representing Volcano Vista High School.
Representing Kirtland Central High School: Elysse Woods finished 23rd Dallas Dan 19th in the 4A division.
Skyler Woods (6th) Zachary BlueEyes (11th) Ardell John (10th), Luke James (35th) helped the 4A Kirtland Central boys team finish second overall in their class.
1-3A Divisions Boys: Angelo Martinez finished 4th overall representing Bosque Prep and Adiance Cheromiah finished 6th place for Laguna-Acoma High School.
After state, the youth are continuing to meet regularly practice and compete in tournaments around the state.
The NB3FIT Track season is well underway with only a few weeks left until the state track meet June 11.
This season has been filled with lots of learning, and long days on the track. Lot of the work is paying off as we are seeing a good number of our runners placing and receiving ribbons. Next up, the team will be competing at the New Mexico Jags Track Meet June 4! Follow us on social media to keep up with the team at the meets.
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- From left to right: Mosiah Silent walker (far left) 3rd place long jump boys 15-16 division Desinayah Pacheco 3rd place 400m dash 5th place 800m run Girls 11-12 division Quinton Begay 4th place 1500m run Boys 11-12 division Gionni Quiver 4th place 800m run Girls 11-12 Savannah Sangre 5th place 400m dash Girls 11-12 Amirah Zuni 5th place long jump Girls 8 & under Not shown: Darius Cajero 5th place 200m dash 5th place 800m run Boys 11-12 Dana Cajero 6th place 200m dash 4th place 800m run Girls 8& under Jaqueline Durand 5th place 1500m run Girls 11-12 3rd place 4×100 m dash Jacqueline Durand, Desinayah Pacheco, Savannah Sangre, Gionni Quiver
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- Quentin Begay finishing out here 800-meter race.
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) Youth Program has a longstanding record of providing Unangax̂ youth with culturally relevant programs that promote healthy lifestyles. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, APIA is one of four organizations who make up the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation’s Community Empowerment Cohort. The cohort is focused on initiating collective impact efforts that measurably impact Native youth health through physical activity, healthy nutrition, youth development and cultural connections. With a goal that includes increasing the psychological and physical well-being of youth through use of cultural traditions and healthy foods, APIA has initiated a collective movement that includes six community partners from across the Aleutian Islands.
Beginning with an environmental scan, APIA collected feedback from a variety of individuals in the region. The scan included an online survey giving community members a chance to respond to questions pertaining to youth programs, culture and the health and wellbeing of their youth. “We wanted more data from individuals in the region,” Olivia Bridges, youth services coordinator said. “We felt we didn’t have enough representation from all the communities like we wanted to.”
Upon analyzing the results, APIA saw some glaring similarities emerging from all the communities. Bridges said the importance of traditional language, and youth and elder connections in programs were the highest ranked and most recurring in just about all the survey responses. “We were happily surprised how many people said they wanted to see more youth programming with elder and youth connection, and programs in their traditional language,” Bridges said. “After seeing and hearing this it made us think, wow we really need to do programming with youth and elder connections with our funding.”
With knowledge learned from the environmental scan, APIA and their six community partners are now moving forward together strategizing and working towards making meaningful changes in community that will impact the health and futures of youth. Currently, one of APIA’s partners in Unalaska is utilizing funds to cover the travel costs for a culture bearer to fly to the Aleutian Islands to teach a headdress making workshop to youth and families. This investment shows the emphasis and value communities in the region place on cultural connections and its impact on youth health. “Communities know what they want to do; they know what they need; and what kind of programming youth and elders in their communities want to be doing.” Bridges said.
With the guidance of the NB3 Foundation and fellow cohort members, APIA will continue to work with the six community partners through spring 2023.
Through the Community Empowerment grant, APIA has broadened their reach forming new partnerships and working with 6 community partners to include: Aleut Marine Mammal Commission, Atka IRA of Atka, King Cove Strong Non-profit of King Cove, Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point, Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island, and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.
The inaugural NB3FIT track team is set to hit the track for the first time on Saturday, April 30 at Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, NM. Youth elementary to high school age will represent their communities and NB3FIT at the upcoming meet. For many of the youth, this will be their first track meet.
NB3FIT is long known in the cross country community, but this spring NB3FIT has ventured into a something a little different. A learning experience for coaches and youth, the hope behind starting the track team was for youth to have the opportunity to run in the spring; rather than having to wait until fall when cross country season is. The track team has been practicing four times a week learning proper running techniques and the rules around track.
Earlier in April, NB3FIT track team joined Running Medicine at Albuquerque High School for a practice meet. Youth suited up in their uniforms, laced up their running cleats and got a chance to experience a race-like environment.
This weekend youth will have the opportunity to compete in two events of their choosing. Some will be competing in the long jump, 800 meter, 1500 meter and a variety relay races.
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